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Lebenszyklus und postembryonale entwicklung der geibelspinne Tarantula marginemaculata C. L. Koch (Chelicerata, Amblypygi) im laboratorium

Life cycle and postembryonic development of the tailless whip scorpion, Tarantula marginemaculata (Chelicerata, Amblypygi) in the laboratory

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In the laboratory, Tarantula marginemaculata breeds during the summer months. Egg development takes 98 days. Development from hatching to maturity takes 8 to 10 months and involves 5 to 8 moults. Mature animals continue to moult and to grow and normally produce 1 to 2 broods per year. Moulting frequency, growth, development of sexual organs and of trichobothriotaxy, and regeneration are described and compared to those of other arachnids.

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Weygoldt, P. Lebenszyklus und postembryonale entwicklung der geibelspinne Tarantula marginemaculata C. L. Koch (Chelicerata, Amblypygi) im laboratorium. Z. Morph. Tiere 67, 58–85 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00280716

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